As the top decision was issued, the Astral Knights Chapter and its affiliated fleets quickly began to mobilize.
In the operation to rescue the Death Star, Soshyan had to put all his weight on it because he had to face two epic and powerful enemies, the Red Pirates and the Black Legion.
The Star Knights currently have a total of 376 including the recruits who have just served. Compared with before the Battle of New Badab, there is almost no obvious increase in personnel. On the one hand, the transformation success rate of the first two batches of recruits was low, and on the other hand, the star knights
The World Knights have fought several vicious battles in just over thirty years, resulting in relatively heavy losses in personnel.
But in order to successfully retrieve the flagship this time, Soshyan had to take out all his only troops, not only the vast majority of the battle robots in the battle group, but also the few extinct relics.
Under this situation, the defense of Naison IV can only be left to other members of the Suffering Alliance, especially once the official battle with the Red Pirates occurs, the angry Huron is likely to repeat the last story.
As for the fleet, the fleet of the Astral Knights is also out in full force. The main ships include the flagship [Unbound Soul], the large cruiser [Eternal Loyalty], the battle barge [Soulbringer], and the strike cruiser [Starfire].
There are seven large and medium-sized battleships including the Moon-class cruisers [Absolute Force], [Reason] and [Golden Wind], as well as 2 Cobra-class destroyers and 8 frigates of various types, for a total of 17 battleships.
It is worth mentioning that the Absolute Power and the Reason are moon-class cruisers built by Nessen IV, and are also the largest warships built on this planet, while the Golden Wind is from the forge world Lucius, created by
Obtained at auction.
Such a fleet is already very powerful for a battle group, but Soshyan still felt that there were still shortcomings, so he did not rush to set off, but waited for another two months until the main fleet of the White Templar and
Only after the large number of veterans carried on it arrived did the official decision to set off was made.
This time the White Templars also made a big bet. Together with the flagship Heart of Light, they dispatched 3 strike cruisers and 6 frigates from the chapter, as well as 500 soldiers, including an entire company equipped with the Dehgan type.
Terminator veterans.
After the fleets of both sides merged, they immediately headed for the Extreme Star Territory, and the news of the start of the Pandora Battle had also been conveyed to the Storm Star Territory.
In the Pandora galaxy, the war situation is also developing rapidly.
The first to arrive from the Empire was the squadron from the Demeter Sector. The fleet was commanded by Admiral Orson Kalansworth on his flagship Emperor-class battleship [Vengeance]. The main force was a Dictator-class battleship.
Cruiser [Reliable Servant], one Dominator-class cruiser [Anvil], two Lunar-class cruisers [Leviathan] and [Solar System Lord], and 2 Dreadnought-class light cruisers, 1 Endeavor
-class light cruiser, 3 Sword-class frigates of Gamma Squadron, 2 Firestorm-class frigates of Jaguar Squadron, 6 Cobra-class destroyers of 129th Destroyer Squadron, 5 Scimitar-class frigates of 89th Escort Squadron, a total of 24 ships
Battleships of various types.
In terms of command, the old captain has rich experience and has fought against the red pirate plundering fleet many times - although this background can only provide him with a very limited advantage against the overwhelming military force in the Pandora galaxy.
Terrible opponent.
Why do you say it is a terrifying opponent?
Because according to the early reconnaissance of the empire, the Black Legion has also launched a heavy attack this time. Abaddon's flagship is not the famous Vengeful Spirit, but the Desolation Emissary-class battleship [Endless Wrath]. In addition, the fleet also contains the ugly
-class large cruiser [Holy Corruption], Styx-class heavy cruiser [Ruthless Destroyer], Killing-class cruiser [Grudge], as well as 3 Worshiper-class plunderers of the Purifier Squadron, and 4 Destroyers of the Savage Squadron
destroyer-class destroyers, 3 Image-Destroyer-class destroyers from the Black Death Squadron, 2 Image-Destroyer destroyers from the Blood-Red Slayer Squadron, and an unknown number of small marauders.
From the perspective of total numbers, the Empire has a clear advantage, but from the perspective of the firepower of large battleships, Chaos has an advantage, because the Vengeance is unfortunately an aircraft carrier and is not very good at main artillery battles.
In the next few weeks, Admiral Orson Kalansworth carefully launched a tentative attack on the outer reaches of the Pandora system. With the 129th Destroyer Fleet as the vanguard, the entire fleet cautiously moved forward.
As a result, when the 129th Destroyer Fleet was looking for a way through the asteroid belt at the outer edge of the galaxy, it was ambushed and blitzed by several Destroyer-class destroyers. After destroying the two Imperial ships, the Chaos Squadron retreated without damage and disappeared into the dense asteroid belt.
, and all of this occurred within minutes of the attack starting.
After realizing that the opponent was well prepared, Kalanswo did not continue to launch a reckless attack, but established a base on a small planet called Gaia on the edge of the Pandora galaxy.
After the communication guarantee was completed, he began to plan a series of surprise attacks on the asteroid belt, aiming to clear a path to the Expiration Star.
In the following two weeks, the Imperial Navy and the Black Legion began a series of escalating fierce conflicts around the asteroid belt, earning this area the nickname "Adamantium Realm" - because it was full of asteroids.
Countless shipwrecks.
At first, Abaddon's fleet had the upper hand, causing the Imperial fleet to suffer huge losses while trying to explore through the asteroid belt. But in the long run, this was a battle that Abaddon could not win because his opponent, the Empire,
The Navy is willing to take losses to slowly wear down the strength of the Chaos fleet, eventually advancing to the Perimeter Planet.
Compared to Abaddon, the Empire always has an overwhelming advantage in resources, and a war of attrition is what the Empire is most happy to see.
The situation was changing slowly. Abaddon had to invest more ships to ensure that Kalanswo was blocked, and Kalanswo was not in a hurry. He was just struggling with the Black Legion, and it seemed that he was not interested in evacuating the Death Star.
The signals sent by the survivors turned a blind eye.
In fact, the Imperial Navy no longer believed that there were any survivors on Paidu. The planet had basically been sentenced to death from the moment it fell, so they only regarded those weak signals as Chaos traps.
Besides, even if there are a few living soldiers in the army, it is not worth the risk for the fleet.
Admiral Karanswall only thinks about one thing now - to destroy the Black Legion fleet and completely defeat Abaddon!
This will be an unprecedented honor, enough to have his name engraved on many monuments standing in the Palace Square of Terra.
Just when the war situation was getting tense, no one noticed that near a planet at the far edge of the galaxy, another force was gathering and stirring——